This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 140 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 140 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Her speech was written as sloppily as a second grader's homework. A) Rhetorical analogy. B) Slippery slope. C) Truth surrogates. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical analogy. 2. Popular music and acting ..... fields in which few manage to succeed. A) Is. B) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 3. Repetition of vowels without repetion of consonants A) Alliteration. B) Antithesis. C) Assonance. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 4. " ..... death, desolation, and tyranny ..... " Thomas Jefferson A) Rhetorical question. B) Anaphora. C) Loaded language. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loaded language. 5. Which logical fallacy presents information to distract from the main issue or argument being discussed. A) Red Herring. B) Circular Reasoning. C) False Analogy. D) Straw Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red Herring. 6. Sprite Zero is 100% sugar-free. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 7. Which of these is a deductively example? A) Jupiter is RoundJupiter is a planetSo all planets are round. B) All planets are roundJupiter is RoundSo Jupiter's a Planet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jupiter is RoundJupiter is a planetSo all planets are round. 8. Incongruity A) Humorous juxtaposition/mismatch. B) Reversal or irony. C) Understatement. D) Two angles which don't like each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humorous juxtaposition/mismatch. 9. Your little sister puts on your father's big shoes and stomps around in them, saying, "I need to make a business call. I am a very busy, very important businessman!" A) Satire. B) Parody. C) Sarcasm. D) Caricature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parody. 10. "In company with our braves allies ..... you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world." Which rhetorical strategy is used? A) Irony. B) Juxtaposition of good and evil. C) Rhetorical question. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Juxtaposition of good and evil. 11. In the I Have A Dream Speech by MLK, which rhetorical device is used ..... I am not mindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations ..... and some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution A) Ethos because the writer is credible and a professional. B) Pathos because the language gives a connotation of hardships and great emotional anguish. C) Logos because the writer gives facts and reasons for segregation laws and fight for civil rights. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos because the language gives a connotation of hardships and great emotional anguish. 12. Select the rhetorical APPEAL in the following example:THE FUNCTIONS OF OUR GOVERNMENT CONTINUE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION. FEDERAL AGENCIES IN WASHINGTON WHICH HAD TO BE EVACUATED TODAY ARE REOPENING FOR ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL TONIGHT AND WILL BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS TOMORROW. OUR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REMAIN STRONG, AND THE AMERICAN ECONOMY WILL BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AS WELL. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 13. Central/main characterALWAYS involved in central part ofstory. (The main conflict revolves aroundthis character). This type of charactergenerally changes AFTER the climax. A) Flat character. B) Round character. C) Antagonist. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Protagonist. 14. The tendency to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true, without consideration of evidence or the opinions of others. A) Damning with faint praise. B) Deductive reasoning. C) Digression. D) Dogmatism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dogmatism. 15. What does the repetition of "John Kerry believes" in Barack Obama's speech convey? A) John Kerry is a man of strong beliefs. B) John Kerry is religious. C) John Kerry is extremely credulous. D) John Kerry is a great candidate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Kerry is a man of strong beliefs. 16. When Sojourner Truth states, "that man over there" she is demonstrating ..... A) Pathos. B) Pinpointing the enemy. C) Anaphora. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pinpointing the enemy. 17. What is the main characteristic of logos? A) Appeal to Emotion. B) Appeal to Morality. C) Appeal to Credibility. D) Appeal to Logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appeal to Logic. 18. We analyzed Lou Gherig's Farewell Speech. What did we discuss was the PURPOSE of his speech? A) To say his final goodbye to baseball before retiring. B) To welcome all of the baseball fans to the Championship game. C) To explain why he switched his position from 1st baseman to 3rd. D) To inform baseball fans about the effects of Chemo therapy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To say his final goodbye to baseball before retiring. 19. The presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. A) Claim. B) Anaphora. C) Understatement. D) Restatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Understatement. 20. "We are met on a great battlefield of war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live." A) Logos (Logic). B) Ethos (Authority). C) Pathos (Emotion). D) None of above. 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